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Needham CDP, MA
ZIP 02494 — Schools & Education
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2019–2023 5-Year Estimates. Page data updated 2026-08-02.
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School district, nearby K-12 schools, and universities
Schools & Education in ZIP 02494
K-12 nearby
100
Public
58
Private
42
Avg enrollment
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ZIP 02494 (Needham, MA) is associated with Needham School District (LEA 2508370) on US5’s NCES EDGE district mapping. District assignment is ZIP/ZCTA-based and can span multiple attendance boundaries — confirm school assignment with the district for enrollment.
Within about 10 miles, US5 lists 100 K-12 schools (58 public, 42 private). Median distance to listed schools is about 3.8 miles.
ACS estimates show about 1.2% of school-enrolled residents in this ZIP attending private school — a ZIP-level share, not a per-campus rate.
The nearest college/university on US5 is William James College about 1.5 miles away (4yr-private).
District & higher education
School district
Needham School District
LEA ID
2508370
Private school share (ACS)
1.2%
Colleges & universities (100)
- William James College1.5 miles (2.5 km)4yr-private
- Babson College1.6 miles (2.6 km)4yr-private
- Franklin W Olin College of Engineering1.6 miles (2.6 km)4yr-private
- Massachusetts Bay Community College1.8 miles (2.9 km)2yr-public
- Hebrew College2.5 miles (4.1 km)4yr-private
- Lasell University3.0 miles (4.8 km)4yr-private
- Wellesley College3.8 miles (6.2 km)4yr-private
- Boston College4.1 miles (6.6 km)4yr-private
- Saint John's Seminary4.7 miles (7.6 km)4yr-private
- Brandeis University4.8 miles (7.7 km)4yr-private
- Pope St John XXIII National Seminary4.9 miles (7.8 km)4yr-private
- Regis College5.4 miles (8.6 km)4yr-private
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- Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology5.4 miles (8.7 km)4yr-private
- Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis Inc5.8 miles (9.3 km)4yr-private
- Bentley University6.0 miles (9.7 km)4yr-private
- Boston Baptist College7.0 miles (11.2 km)4yr-private
- Emmanuel College7.2 miles (11.5 km)4yr-private
- MCPHS University7.2 miles (11.6 km)4yr-private
- Massachusetts College of Art and Design7.3 miles (11.7 km)4yr-public
- Curry College7.3 miles (11.7 km)4yr-private
- Boston University7.3 miles (11.7 km)4yr-private
- Roxbury Community College7.3 miles (11.7 km)2yr-public
- Simmons University7.3 miles (11.8 km)4yr-private
- Wentworth Institute of Technology7.5 miles (12.0 km)4yr-private
- Harvard University7.8 miles (12.6 km)4yr-private
- Longy School of Music of Bard College7.8 miles (12.6 km)4yr-private
- Northeastern University Professional Programs7.9 miles (12.6 km)4yr-private
- Northeastern University7.9 miles (12.6 km)4yr-private
- Berklee College of Music8.0 miles (12.9 km)4yr-private
- The New England Conservatory of Music8.0 miles (12.9 km)4yr-private
- Lesley University8.1 miles (13.0 km)4yr-private
- Boston Architectural College8.2 miles (13.2 km)4yr-private
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology8.2 miles (13.2 km)4yr-private
- New England College of Optometry8.3 miles (13.3 km)4yr-private
- FINE Mortuary College8.4 miles (13.5 km)2yr-private
- Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology8.9 miles (14.3 km)4yr-private
- Fisher College9.0 miles (14.4 km)4yr-private
- New England Law-Boston9.2 miles (14.8 km)4yr-private
- Emerson College9.3 miles (14.9 km)4yr-private
- Laboure College of Healthcare9.3 miles (15.0 km)4yr-private
- Urban College of Boston9.4 miles (15.1 km)2yr-private
- Tufts University9.5 miles (15.3 km)4yr-private
- Hult International Business School9.6 miles (15.4 km)4yr-private
- Suffolk University9.7 miles (15.5 km)4yr-private
- University of Massachusetts-Central Office9.7 miles (15.6 km)4yr-public
- Sattler College9.7 miles (15.6 km)4yr-private
- Bunker Hill Community College9.8 miles (15.8 km)2yr-public
- Cambridge College9.9 miles (16.0 km)4yr-private
- University of Massachusetts-Boston10.0 miles (16.2 km)4yr-public
- North Bennet Street School10.1 miles (16.2 km)2yr-private
- Framingham State University10.5 miles (16.9 km)4yr-public
- MGH Institute of Health Professions10.5 miles (16.9 km)4yr-private
- Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing10.7 miles (17.2 km)2yr-private
- Eastern Nazarene College11.5 miles (18.5 km)4yr-private
- Quincy College12.2 miles (19.6 km)4yr-public
- National Aviation Academy of New England13.7 miles (22.1 km)2yr-private
- Middlesex Community College15.7 miles (25.2 km)2yr-public
- Dean College17.0 miles (27.4 km)4yr-private
- Stonehill College18.3 miles (29.5 km)4yr-private
- Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing19.1 miles (30.7 km)2yr-private
- Massasoit Community College19.9 miles (32.0 km)2yr-public
- Salem State University22.4 miles (36.1 km)4yr-public
- Wheaton College (Massachusetts)23.1 miles (37.2 km)4yr-private
- North Shore Community College24.2 miles (38.9 km)2yr-public
- University of Massachusetts-Lowell24.9 miles (40.0 km)4yr-public
- Montserrat College of Art25.1 miles (40.4 km)4yr-private
- Bridgewater State University25.3 miles (40.7 km)4yr-public
- Merrimack College26.1 miles (42.0 km)4yr-private
- Massachusetts School of Law26.5 miles (42.6 km)4yr-private
- Endicott College26.6 miles (42.8 km)4yr-private
- University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School27.1 miles (43.6 km)4yr-public
- Lincoln Technical Institute-Lincoln27.9 miles (44.9 km)2yr-private
- Quinsigamond Community College28.8 miles (46.3 km)2yr-public
- Gordon College29.1 miles (46.8 km)4yr-private
- Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary29.3 miles (47.1 km)4yr-private
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute29.5 miles (47.4 km)4yr-private
- College of the Holy Cross29.7 miles (47.9 km)4yr-private
- Clark University30.4 miles (48.9 km)4yr-private
- Assumption University30.5 miles (49.1 km)4yr-private
- Bryant University30.6 miles (49.2 km)4yr-private
- Worcester State University31.3 miles (50.4 km)4yr-public
- Rivier University32.4 miles (52.2 km)4yr-private
- Northpoint Bible College33.1 miles (53.3 km)4yr-private
- Providence College33.3 miles (53.5 km)4yr-private
- St Joseph School of Nursing33.6 miles (54.0 km)2yr-private
- Rhode Island College33.8 miles (54.3 km)4yr-public
- Brown University33.9 miles (54.5 km)4yr-private
- Rhode Island School of Design33.9 miles (54.5 km)4yr-private
- Johnson & Wales University-Providence34.4 miles (55.4 km)4yr-private
- Johnson & Wales University-Online34.4 miles (55.4 km)4yr-private
- Fitchburg State University34.7 miles (55.9 km)4yr-public
- Anna Maria College35.1 miles (56.6 km)4yr-private
- College Unbound35.3 miles (56.8 km)4yr-private
- Northern Essex Community College35.6 miles (57.3 km)2yr-public
- Nashua Community College37.3 miles (60.0 km)2yr-public
- Thomas More College of Liberal Arts37.3 miles (60.1 km)4yr-private
- Nichols College39.9 miles (64.1 km)4yr-private
- Bristol Community College40.3 miles (64.9 km)2yr-public
- Community College of Rhode Island42.5 miles (68.4 km)2yr-public
- Mount Wachusett Community College43.4 miles (69.8 km)2yr-public
K-12 schools within ~10 miles
Sorted table with type, grades, enrollment, and distance. Data from NCES CCD / EDGE extracts.
| Grades | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Eliot | public | — | — | 0.6 miles (1.0 km) |
| RIVERSIDE SCHOOL | private | — | — | 0.6 miles (1.0 km) |
| NEEHAM MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 0.7 miles (1.1 km) |
| Sunita L. Williams Elementary | public | — | — | 0.8 miles (1.2 km) |
| Needham High | public | — | — | 0.9 miles (1.4 km) |
| William Mitchell | public | — | — | 0.9 miles (1.4 km) |
| FUSION ACADEMY NEWTON | private | — | — | 1.0 miles (1.6 km) |
| ST JOSEPH SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.2 miles (1.9 km) |
| Joseph E Fiske | public | — | — | 1.2 miles (1.9 km) |
| Preschool at Wellesley Schools | public | — | — | 1.3 miles (2.1 km) |
| Pollard Middle | public | — | — | 1.6 miles (2.6 km) |
| Newman Elementary | public | — | — | 1.7 miles (2.7 km) |
| Countryside | public | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.9 km) |
| High Rock School | public | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.9 km) |
| Schofield | public | — | — | 1.8 miles (2.9 km) |
| Broadmeadow | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| A E Angier | public | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.0 km) |
| SOLOMON SCHECHTEE DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.1 km) |
| SOLOMON SCHECHTER DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 1.9 miles (3.1 km) |
| Zervas | public | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.5 km) |
| Oak Hill Middle | public | — | — | 2.2 miles (3.6 km) |
| Charles E Brown Middle | public | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.6 km) |
| ST JOHN SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.3 miles (3.7 km) |
| Wellesley Sr High | public | — | — | 2.4 miles (3.9 km) |
| ST SEBASTIANS SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.5 miles (4.0 km) |
| Newton South High | public | — | — | 2.6 miles (4.1 km) |
| WELLAN MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.7 miles (4.4 km) |
| Bowen | public | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.4 km) |
| Memorial Spaulding | public | — | — | 2.8 miles (4.5 km) |
| STAR ACADEMY FOR THE GIFTED AND TALENTED | private | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.6 km) |
| Mason-Rice | public | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.6 km) |
| THE RASHI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.6 km) |
| TENACRE COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.6 km) |
| Wellesley Middle | public | — | — | 2.9 miles (4.7 km) |
| Peirce | public | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.7 km) |
| Hunnewell | public | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.7 km) |
| DANA HALL SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.0 miles (4.7 km) |
| Williams | public | — | — | 3.1 miles (5.0 km) |
| THE WELLESLEY MONTESSORI SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.1 km) |
| LEARNING PREP SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.2 miles (5.2 km) |
| WALKER SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.3 miles (5.4 km) |
| Riverdale | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.4 km) |
| Sprague Elementary School | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.4 km) |
| Newton North High | public | — | — | 3.4 miles (5.5 km) |
| Ernest F Upham | public | — | — | 3.5 miles (5.7 km) |
| BEAVER COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.7 miles (5.9 km) |
| C C Burr | public | — | — | 3.7 miles (5.9 km) |
| CATHOLIC MEMORIAL | private | — | — | 3.7 miles (6.0 km) |
| NEWTON COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 3.8 miles (6.1 km) |
| Edith C Baker | public | — | — | 3.8 miles (6.1 km) |
| Cabot | public | — | — | 3.8 miles (6.2 km) |
| Chickering | public | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.2 km) |
| Katharine Lee Bates | public | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.3 km) |
| Newton Early Childhood Program | public | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.3 km) |
| John Ward | public | — | — | 3.9 miles (6.3 km) |
| Lyndon K-8 School | public | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.4 km) |
| John D Hardy | public | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.4 km) |
| MOUNT ALVERNIA ACADEMY | private | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.5 km) |
| B C CAMPUS SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.5 km) |
| Kilmer K-8 School | public | — | — | 4.0 miles (6.5 km) |
| BRIMMER & MAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.5 km) |
| Franklin | public | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.6 km) |
| ST THERESA SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.6 km) |
| Brookline Early Education Program at Putterham | public | — | — | 4.1 miles (6.6 km) |
| F A Day Middle | public | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.7 km) |
| Early Childhood Center | public | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.8 km) |
| DEARBORN ACADEMY | private | — | — | 4.2 miles (6.8 km) |
| CLEARWAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.3 miles (6.9 km) |
| MEADOWBROOK SCHOOL OF WESTON | private | — | — | 4.3 miles (7.0 km) |
| JACKSON SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.0 km) |
| HOLY NAME PARISH SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.0 km) |
| Horace Mann | public | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.0 km) |
| WALNUT PARK MONTESSORI | private | — | — | 4.4 miles (7.1 km) |
| YESHIVA OHR YISRAEL HIGH SCHOOL FOR BOYS | private | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.2 km) |
| Weston Middle | public | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.2 km) |
| CHARLES RIVER | private | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.2 km) |
| CHARLES RIVER SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.2 km) |
| URSULINE ACADEMY | private | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.2 km) |
| Henry Whittemore Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.5 miles (7.3 km) |
| Lincoln-Eliot | public | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.4 km) |
| Bigelow Middle | public | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.4 km) |
| Underwood | public | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.4 km) |
| Weston High | public | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.4 km) |
| RIVERBEND SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.4 km) |
| ST BENEDICT CLASSICAL ACADEMY | private | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.5 km) |
| Beethoven Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.6 miles (7.5 km) |
| APPLE ORCHARD SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.6 km) |
| Roland Hayes | public | — | — | 4.7 miles (7.6 km) |
| THE TREMONT SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.7 km) |
| William F. Stanley Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.7 km) |
| DEDHAM COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.8 km) |
| Mozart Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.8 km) |
| DEXTER SOUTHFIELD | private | — | — | 4.8 miles (7.8 km) |
| Lilja Elementary | public | — | — | 4.9 miles (7.8 km) |
| BAIS YAAKOV OF BOSTON HIGH SCHOOL | private | — | — | 4.9 miles (7.8 km) |
| Edison Elementary School | public | — | — | 4.9 miles (7.8 km) |
| JEWISH COMMUNITY DAY SCHOOL, INC DBA JCDS BOSTONS | private | — | — | 4.9 miles (7.9 km) |
| THE RIVERS SCHOOL | private | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.0 km) |
| Ohrenberger School | public | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.1 km) |
| Memorial | public | — | — | 5.0 miles (8.1 km) |
Schools FAQ for ZIP 02494
What school district is ZIP code 02494 in?
ZIP 02494 (Needham, MA) maps to Needham School District (LEA ID 2508370) in US5’s NCES EDGE ZCTA-to-district data. Always verify attendance zones with the district.
How many schools are near ZIP code 02494?
US5 lists 100 K-12 schools within about 10 miles — 58 public and 42 private. See the sortable table on this page for grades, enrollment, and distance.
What share of students in 02494 attend private school?
About 1.2% of school-enrolled residents in ZIP 02494 attend private school (ACS estimate).
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Schools & Education key statistics
| Education | |
|---|---|
| Bachelor's or higher | 74.6% |
| High school | 6.9% |
| Less than HS | 5.1% |
| School district | Needham School District |